Stamp duty in the MMR— the region comprises Mumbai city, its suburbs, Thane, Palghar and Raigad—is 2.5% of the ready reckoner rates (RRR). This addtional recovery will add Rs 10 crore to the state exchequer

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) failure to recover lease premium on schedule resulted in non-recovery of Rs 866 crore, states the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report 2017 tabled in both houses on the last day of the state legislature.

The Centre had set up a committee to study the existing system of sand mining in various states and to prepare sand mining guidelines to address the issue of skyrocketing prices of sand and to evolve a uniform policy to contain irregularities as prevent cartelisation